They each want the same thing: a letter of recommendation. And when I say yes, the student presses a crumpled brag sheet in my hands and runs in the opposite direction.

Jim Jump spent over three decades as a college counselor at a high school in the eastern U.S. state of Virginia. He prided himself on writing impassioned and personalized recommendation letters ...

Almost 20 years after writing my first letter of recommendation for a student, I cringe to think of the platitudes and generalizations that I thought would convince my reader. In what follows, I will ...

This expedites the secure delivery of a recommendation letter if your recommender is away at a conference, or busy with other matters. Do not send emails from the graduate school or University’s ...

In fact, I’ve always found recommendation letters to be the single most helpful source of information that search committees collect. When read carefully, usually in clusters of three, letters can ...

Letters of recommendation from teachers, school counselors and other sources can help college admissions officers get a more complete picture of applicants. They give admissions offices a "third ...

Students applying to law school directly after graduation or within a few years of graduating should include at least two letters of recommendation from professors. Most schools allow you to submit ...